CVE-2015-5351 (High) detected in tomcat-catalina-7.0.42.jar

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CVE-2015-5351 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - tomcat-catalina-7.0.42.jar

Tomcat Servlet Engine Core Classes and Standard implementations

Library home page: http://tomcat.apache.org/

Path to dependency file: /pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /repository/org/apache/tomcat/tomcat-catalina/7.0.42/tomcat-catalina-7.0.42.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ tomcat-catalina-7.0.42.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 910335bf446a1a65011c17bf5badb72c4d4efc50

Found in base branches: dev, master

Vulnerability Details

The (1) Manager and (2) Host Manager applications in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.68, 8.x before 8.0.31, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M2 establish sessions and send CSRF tokens for arbitrary new requests, which allows remote attackers to bypass a CSRF protection mechanism by using a token.

Publish Date: 2016-02-25

URL: CVE-2015-5351

CVSS 3 Score Details (8.8)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: Required
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: High
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5351

Release Date: 2016-02-25

Fix Resolution: 7.0.68

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⛑️ Automatic Remediation is available for this issue